Question 1

The number of families receiving assistance under TANF had dropped by ________ after its enactment.

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A)  10 percent
B)  25 percent
C)  50 percent
D)  75 percent
E)  There was no measurable change.

Question 2

The Supreme Court has ruled that

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A)  the federal government must provide at least half the cost of educating each child through public education systems.
B)  the federal government is responsible for ensuring that each state provides an adequate education for each child.
C)  states have no official responsibilities in the field of education.
D)  states are obliged to give all children an education that is "equal" across communities.
E)  states are obliged to give all children an "adequate" education.

Question 3

Public assistance programs are funded through

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A)  payroll taxes paid only by employees.
B)  payroll taxes paid only by employers.
C)  payroll taxes paid by both employees and employers.
D)  general tax revenues.
E)  sales taxes.

Question 4

The Social Security benefits that today's retirees receive are funded primarily by

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A)  tax contributions they made in the past,which were put in a trust fund from which current payments are made.
B)  payroll taxes on people who are currently working.
C)  equal contributions from the national and state governments.
D)  borrowed funds,which contribute to the national debt.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 5

Which of the following is a social insurance program?

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A)  TANF
B)  Medicaid
C)  food stamps
D)  Medicare
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 6

________ orchestrated the Great Society programs of the 1960s.

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A)  Franklin Roosevelt
B)  John Kennedy
C)  Dwight Eisenhower
D)  Richard Nixon
E)  Lyndon Johnson

Question 7

The Food Stamps program is

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A)  criticized because some believe it allows undeserving people to get aid.
B)  criticized because some think it stigmatizes its users by identifying them publicly as welfare cases.
C)  an in-kind benefit.
D)  criticized because some think it is too costly.
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 8

Which of the following is a true statement about the visibility of poverty in American society today?

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A)  Media coverage often focuses on the plight of the poor in America.
B)  In polls each year,Americans place the problem of poverty as the nation's top problem.
C)  Poverty is less common in the suburbs than in inner cities or rural areas.
D)  Poverty has been virtually eliminated in the United States.
E)  Poverty is most apparent in the case of elderly Americans.

Question 9

Why are social security and Medicare considered highly efficient programs?

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A)  Their integrated vertical structure.
B)  They have built-in sunset provisions.
C)  They are administered at the local level where government is more responsive to changes in the needs of beneficiaries.
D)  They do not require a large bureaucracy to administer them.
E)  Costs are shared by the state and federal government.

Question 10

To what was political scientist Robert Lane referring when using the term "market justice"?

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A)  Americans prefer that society's material benefits be allocated through the economic marketplace rather than through government policies.
B)  Government should not use fiscal policy to attempt to flatten the ups and downs of a market economy.
C)  Americans should increase the size of the federal welfare state in order to mitigate the harmful influences of the market.
D)  The market tends to eliminate weak businesses and reward strong ones.
E)  The strength of the market economy of the United States is precisely what provides the welfare state with the revenue it needs to help the most underprivileged citizens.

Question 11

The BEST predictor of how well schools perform on standardized tests is the

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A)  salary levels of the teachers.
B)  population density of the community.
C)  level of local school board control over policy.
D)  community's wealth.
E)  ratio of private to public schools in the community.

Question 12

Which of the following has led to wage stagnation among lower- and middle-income workers in recent decades?

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A)  changes in tax policy
B)  changes in the nation's job market
C)  the "compression effect" described by economist Paul Krugman
D)  a booming goods and services sector
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 13

All of the following are true of the Head Start program EXCEPT that it

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A)  began as part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program in the 1960s.
B)  has helped disadvantaged children develop their learning skills.
C)  failed to enroll about half of the children eligible.
D)  is fully funded at the present time.
E)  is designed to assist preschool children.

Question 14

Charter schools

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A)  are publicly funded and have no more freedom in choosing students than do public schools,though they have greater freedom in determining curricula.
B)  are privately funded and have total freedom in determining curricula.
C)  are publicly funded but have more freedom in determining curricula than public schools.
D)  are promoted primarily by Democrats as a strong,publicly-funded method of improving education.
E)  have been opposed by President Obama,through executive orders to drain their funding.

Question 15

In 2014,the poverty line was about ________ for a family of four.

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A)  $19,000
B)  $24,000
C)  $28,000
D)  $33,000
E)  $38,000

Question 16

________ was called "the great leveler" when it began in the early nineteenth century.

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A)  Social welfare
B)  Public education
C)  The federal government
D)  The Internal Revenue Service
E)  Social security

Question 17

The social insurance program social security was established in the

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A)  1920s.
B)  1930s.
C)  1940s.
D)  1950s.
E)  1960s.

Question 18

The Department of Education

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A)  is one of the largest executive departments.
B)  is a regulatory agency that ensures NCLB is followed.
C)  was created in the 1930s as part of the New Deal.
D)  dictates school curriculum across the country.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 19

Discuss the history of public education in the United States and who today is responsible for education funding and policies.

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During the nation's first century,the qu...

Question 20

Medicare

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A)  is funded through general tax revenues.
B)  is one of the least popular government programs.
C)  is paid for through a payroll tax.
D)  provides health care to all adults over age 50.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Exam 16: Income,welfare,and Education Policy: Providing for Personal Security

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Medicare

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Charter schools

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________ orchestrated the Great Society programs of the 1960s.

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The Supreme Court has ruled that

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Public assistance programs are funded through

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The Food Stamps program is

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To what was political scientist Robert Lane referring when using the term "market justice"?

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